An evaluation of keratometry in 6-year-old children

Cornea

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 383-387

  Huynh, Son C ^a   Mai, Tung Q ^a   Kifley, Annette ^a   Wang, Jie Jin ^a   Rose, Kathryn A ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agreement; Keratometry; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA CURVATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MYOPIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33745048292     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000214203.84081.ec     Document Type: Article

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